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history of the Greens

…the UTG joined with the Tasmanian Wilderness Society (TWS) to quickly mobilize opposition to a hydroelectric plant that was planned for the Gordon River below its confluence with the Franklin River. When the UTG dissolved in 1979, TWS leader Bob Brown launched a nationwide “No Dams” campaign against the initiative,…

role of Brown

…Tasmanian Wilderness Society (later The Wilderness Society). As director of that group (1979–84), he led a series of protests against a proposed dam on Tasmania’s Franklin River. A four-month-long demonstration and blockade drew some 2,500 people to the dam site in late 1982 and early 1983, resulting in hundreds of…